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Shloka 1

Hari in the Primeval Waters: Prakṛti as Veil, the ‘Sleep’ Metaphor, and Brahmā’s Lotus-Channel Inquiry

Devanagari script

नाम दशमो ऽध्यायः श्रीकृष्ण उवाच / पुरुषाख्यो हरिः साक्षाद्भगवान्पुरुषोत्तमः / शिश्येत्वण्डोदक विष्णुर्नृणां साहस्रवत्सरम् / लक्ष्मीश्चोदकरूपेण शय्यारूपेण भोण्डजा

Transliteration

nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / puruṣākhyo hariḥ sākṣādbhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ / śiśyetvaṇḍodaka viṣṇurnṛṇāṃ sāhasravatsaram / lakṣmīścodakarūpeṇa śayyārūpeṇa bhoṇḍajā

Translation

ພຣະສີກຣິດສະນາຕຣັດວ່າ: ຮະຣິ ຜູ້ຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ «ບຸຣຸສະສູງສຸດ» ແມ່ນພຣະພະຄະວານໂດຍກົງ ເປັນປຸຣຸສະອຸດຕະມະ. ໃນພຣະນາມວິສນຸ ປະທັບຢູ່ໃນນ້ຳສາກົນແຫ່ງໄຂ່ຈັກກະວານ (ອັນດໂດທະກະ) ແລະບັນທົມພັກຜ່ອນໜຶ່ງພັນປີ; ພຣະລັກສະມີຜູ້ເກີດຈາກໄຂ່ສາກົນ ກໍເປັນຮູບນ້ຳ ແລະເປັນຮູບບ່ອນບັນທົມສຳລັບພຣະອົງ.

Word by Word
नाम(entitled)
नाम:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formउपपद/निपात (particle: ‘named/as’)
दशमःtenth
दशमः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; ordinal adjective)
अध्यायःchapter
अध्यायः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
श्रीकृष्णःŚrī Kṛṣṇa
श्रीकृष्णः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootश्रीकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular; Parasmaipada)
पुरुषाख्यःcalled ‘Puruṣa’
पुरुषाख्यः:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुरुष + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘हरिः’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjective)
हरिःHari (Vishnu)
हरिः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/विषय), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
साक्षात्directly, in person
साक्षात्:
Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसाक्षात् (अव्यय)
Formरीतिवाचक अव्यय (adverb: directly, manifestly)
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
पुरुषोत्तमःPuruṣottama (Supreme Person)
पुरुषोत्तमः:
Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरुष + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपाधि/समासपद (Masculine, Nominative, Singular; title)
शिश्येlay (reclined), rested
शिश्ये:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशी (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular; Ātmanepada)
तुindeed, but
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अन्वय निपात (particle: but/indeed)
अण्डोदकेin the cosmic-egg waters
अण्डोदके:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअण्ड + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
विष्णुःVishnu
विष्णुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
नृणाम्of men, of humans
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)
साहस्रवत्सरम्for a thousand years
साहस्रवत्सरम्:
Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण/Duration)
TypeNoun
Rootसाहस्र + वत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (काल-अत्यन्तसंयोग/अवधि), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular; duration)
लक्ष्मीःLakṣmī
लक्ष्मीः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)
उदकरूपेणin the form of water
उदकरूपेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउदक + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; ‘रूपेण’ = instrumental of manner (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)
शय्यारूपेणin the form of a bed
शय्यारूपेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशय्या + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)
भोण्डजO Bhoṇḍaja (epithet; likely Garuḍa)
भोण्डज:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootभोण्डज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपद (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)
Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa (as narrator/teacher in this passage)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Hari as sākṣāt Bhagavān Puruṣottama; the cosmos rests in Him, with Lakṣmī as inseparable śakti sustaining His līlā of preservation.

Vedantic Theme: Īśvara–Śakti abheda (inseparability of Lord and power) and the causal ground (upādāna/ nimitta) implied in the pre-manifest waters.

Application: Contemplate Viṣṇu as the stable ground amid change; cultivate devotion by remembering Nārāyaṇa with Śrī as the ever-present compassionate power.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: cosmic ocean

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana (Brahma-khanda/cosmology passages on Nārāyaṇa in primordial waters)

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śrī Kṛṣṇa
H
Hari
V
Viṣṇu
B
Bhagavān
P
Puruṣottama
L
Lakṣmī

FAQs

This verse presents aṇḍodaka as the primordial, cosmic setting in which Viṣṇu abides and from which ordered creation is understood to proceed—highlighting Viṣṇu as the sustaining Supreme Person (Puruṣottama).

It equates Hari with Bhagavān directly and names him Puruṣottama, emphasizing that the highest divine reality is personal, sovereign, and the ground of cosmic order.

Use it as a contemplative reminder that stability and order arise from aligning life with dharma and devotion—seeing the Divine as the inner support (like the sustaining waters) behind changing circumstances.

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